Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA)
Communicable Diseases Network Australia
The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) was established in 1989 as the Communicable Diseases Control Network, as a joint initiative of the National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council. This page provides links on information relating to the CDNA network.
Communicable Diseases Surveillance
Communicable Diseases Network Australia
Media Release: Meningococcal disease on international flight - 2 June 2006
Media Release: Free vaccine to stop the spread of World Cup ‘fever’ - 26 May 2006
This press release provides information on the measles epidemic currently being experienced in Germany and advices soccer fans travelling to Germany for the World Cup, to get a free measles vaccination before travelling.
Media release: National measles alert - update - 28 April 2006
This press release issued by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia, provides and update on the outbreak of measles in Western Australia. Further cases have now been reported in other Australian states.
Pathology laboratory diagnosis of measles
This document prepared by the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) provides information on the laboratory diagnoses of measles.
The following links provide more information on measles
Laboratory case definition
Case definition for notifications
The following provides a link to the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), which is the national reference laboratory and member of PHLN. This link provides advice on the collection, preparation, packaging and transport of samples for VIDRL.
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Media release: National alert issued about measles - 21 April 2006
This press release issued by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia today, warns of the discovery of several cases of measles linked to the Australian tour by the Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi group.
Measles outbreak in Australia: Fact sheet - 21 April 2006
This fact sheet compiled by the Communicable Diseases Network Austrlaia, is issued in conjunction with the media release warning on recent cases of measles in Western Australia. This sheet provides information on measles in Australia and provides advice on what to do if measles symptoms occur.
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